"Version: 20221001"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.part I. Koestler's law of creativity. 1. What, precisely, is creativity? -- 1.1. Some dictionary definitions -- 1.2. My 'sound-bite' definition--just five words -- 1.3. Ideas as outcomes, ideas as questions -- 1.4. Invention and discovery -- 1.5. What's missing from the sound-bite? -- 1.6. What is 'new'? -- 1.7. It's diff…
"Version: 20230801"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Computing disciplines ecosystem and origin of research -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Computing disciplines -- 1.3. Comparing the focus of the seven disciplines within the computing ecosystem -- 1.4. Scientific research in computing -- 1.5. Research philosophy and origin of research in computing -- 1.6. Comparing researc…
"Version: 20221201"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Creative thinking in physics -- 1.1. The relevance of creative thinking -- 1.2. Physics : cold comfort farm or possibility place? -- 1.3. Creative students? -- 1.4. Creative thinking doesn't come with a guarantee -- 1.5. Variety, the spice of physics teaching -- 1.6. Does it matter? -- 1.7. Something to reflect on2. Th…
"Version: 202111"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.2D nanomaterials and composites for energy storage and conversion / Parnia Forouzandeh -- 2D nanomaterials and their heterostructures for hydrogen storage applications / Meera Sathyan, Nisha T. Padmanabhan, K.V. Vijoy, K.J. Saji and Honey John -- Defect engineering in 2D materials and its application for storage and convers…
"Version: 20250801"--Title page verso.Revised edition of: An introduction to time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (ToF-SIMS) and its application to materials science.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 2. Secondary ion generation, analysis, and detection -- 2.1. Secondary ion generation -- 2.2. Filtering, focussing, and steering -- 2.3. Sputtering and ionisation -- …
"Version: 202110"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. 'A' -- 1.1. Abrasion -- 1.2. Accelerated testing -- 1.3. Additives -- 1.4. Adhesion -- 1.5. Air bubble voids -- 1.6. Angle-ply laminate -- 1.7. Anisotropy -- 1.8. Areal weight -- 1.9. Aramid -- 1.10. Aspect ratio -- 1.11. Autoclave -- 1.12. Automated material placement (AMP)2. 'B' -- 2.1. Bag moulding (vacuum bag mouldin…
"Version: 20230901"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Why push sustainable nanomaterials for energy applications? / Ana Cremades, David Maestre and Antonio V?azquez-L?opez -- 2. Selected synthetic methods for nanomaterials with different dimensionalities / David Maestre, Antonio V?azquez-L?opez, Gezira De ?Avila Montiel, Javier Garc?ia-Alonso and Mar?ia Tae?ano Gonz?alez …
"Version: 20201101"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction to magnesium-based nanocomposites -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. The characteristics of magnesium -- 1.3. The development of magnesium alloys -- 1.4. Magnesium-based metal matrix composites -- 1.5. Magnesium-based nanocomposites : the role of nano-lengthscale reinforcements2. Processing of magnesium-based (n…
"Version: 202111"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Fundamentals of photoelectrochemical water splitting / Jih-Hsing Chang, Mohanraj Kumar and Shan-Yi Shen -- Electrochemical techniques for photoelectrochemical water splitting / Rishika Chakraborty and Mukul Pradhan -- Electrode/electrolyte interface for photoelectrochemical water splitting / Shiva Kumar Arumugasamy, Gayathr…
"Version: 20210601"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction to bionanomaterials : an overview / Kshitij R.B. Singh, Vanya Nayak and Ravindra Pratap Singh -- 2. Properties and classification of bionanomaterials / Ekta Poonia, Jasbir Sangwan, Vinita Bhankar, Brij Mohan, Narender Ranga, Vijay Kiran and Krishan Kumar -- 3. Synthesis and characterization of bionanomater…